Humidor
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Humidor has begun his build-up toward a likely Group One challenge at Hastings later this year.
The rising four-year-old is back in work with Otaki trainers Johno Benner and Hollie Wynyard, who have a tentative long-term plan of a crack at the Livamol Spring Classic at Hastings on October 1 with the son of Teofilo.
"There's nothing set in concrete for him yet, but we will probably set him for the last Group One at Hastings," Benner said.
"It's early days, but he's had a couple of gallops so he's starting to warm up. Physically, he's improved and he's a really good looking horse.
"The way he's been working suggests he's come back very, very well."
Runner-up on debut in January before he broke his maiden over a mile at Wanganui, the gelding then headed north to Te Rapa for his middle distance debut and, despite laying in badly in the straight, he finished second to the subsequent Gr.2 Championship Stakes winner The Hassler.
Humidor then suffered an interrupted passage and again hung in the running when unplaced in the Gr.1 New Zealand Derby before he showed his true colours with a stout victory in the Gr.3 Manawatu Classic.
"He's a 10 furlong plus horse for sure and he's just going to get better," Benner said.
Humidor is raced by his breeders, former All Black Mark Carter and his brother John under their Jomara Bloodstock banner and their colours are also carried by stablemate Lucy Liu.
She has been freshened since she completed a hat-trick of wins with a runaway defeat at Awapuni of the stakes winner Alcaldesa.
"Hopefully there might be a few wet tracks through the spring for her," Benner said. "She's not very big, but she's got a motor."
Other bright young prospects in the stable include the two-year-old winners Kingsman, who was also placed in the Listed Karaka Million, and McPhoebe. – NZ Racing Desk.
The rising four-year-old is back in work with Otaki trainers Johno Benner and Hollie Wynyard, who have a tentative long-term plan of a crack at the Livamol Spring Classic at Hastings on October 1 with the son of Teofilo.
"There's nothing set in concrete for him yet, but we will probably set him for the last Group One at Hastings," Benner said.
"It's early days, but he's had a couple of gallops so he's starting to warm up. Physically, he's improved and he's a really good looking horse.
"The way he's been working suggests he's come back very, very well."
Runner-up on debut in January before he broke his maiden over a mile at Wanganui, the gelding then headed north to Te Rapa for his middle distance debut and, despite laying in badly in the straight, he finished second to the subsequent Gr.2 Championship Stakes winner The Hassler.
Humidor then suffered an interrupted passage and again hung in the running when unplaced in the Gr.1 New Zealand Derby before he showed his true colours with a stout victory in the Gr.3 Manawatu Classic.
"He's a 10 furlong plus horse for sure and he's just going to get better," Benner said.
Humidor is raced by his breeders, former All Black Mark Carter and his brother John under their Jomara Bloodstock banner and their colours are also carried by stablemate Lucy Liu.
She has been freshened since she completed a hat-trick of wins with a runaway defeat at Awapuni of the stakes winner Alcaldesa.
"Hopefully there might be a few wet tracks through the spring for her," Benner said. "She's not very big, but she's got a motor."
Other bright young prospects in the stable include the two-year-old winners Kingsman, who was also placed in the Listed Karaka Million, and McPhoebe. – NZ Racing Desk.
